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Hussain Al Nowais Highlights AMEA Power’s Role in Morocco’s Clean Energy...
Somers Point Sentinel - New Jersey
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July 10, 2025
In a powerful step toward reinforcing the global shift to clean energy, Hussain Al Nowais, Chairman of AMEA Power, has emphasized his company’s strategic collaboration with Morocco’s YNNA Group in launching a landmark renewable energy project: a...
Ghana issues first ITMOs to Switzerland under Paris Agreement
Ghana Business News
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July 10, 2025
Ghana has officially issue and transfer its first 11,733 tons of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) to Switzerland, under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. This development positions the country as the first African country...
Africa’s Spiro gets global climate backing, targets $200m revenue boost
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
Spiro, a leading Pan-African electric mobility firm, has been selected for the prestigious 2025 Regional Platforms for Climate Projects (RPCP) Pipeline, a major endorsement of its climate leadership and innovation in Africa’s transport sector. The...
Ghana issues first ITMOs under Paris agreement
Joy FM
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July 10, 2025
Ghana has officially issued and transferred its first 11,733 tonnes of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) to Switzerland under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. This development positions the country as the first African...
How cargo train services can save cost, boost local economy
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 11, 2025
In an ever-evolving world, it is of vital importance to use efficient and sustainable transport solutions. Freight transport by rail offers enormous advantages, especially for longer distances. Several countries heavily rely on cargo trains for...
Lekki port trans-shipment operations increased over stronger naira, says deputy MD
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
Daniel Odibe, the deputy managing director of the Lekki deep seaport says its trans-shipment operations have increased substantially due to a stronger naira. Odibe spoke during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Thursday. He said...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
The original Birkin bag sells at auction for a jaw-dropping $8M
Page Six
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July 10, 2025
It cost a whole bag of money. The original Hermès Birkin handbag made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 has sold at auction for a staggering €7 million ($8.18 million). With fees, the anonymous bidder from Japan paid a total...
Lekki Port Handles 222,000 TEUs In Six Months
New Telegraph
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July 10, 2025
The Lekki Deep Seaport, Nigeria’s first deep-water port, has processed 222,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) between January and June 2025, underscoring its growing role as a major logistics hub in West Africa. Deputy Chief Operations...
Spiro’s Rapid Progress On The African Continent Shows That The Transition To EVs Is Well Underway
CleanTechnica
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June 25, 2025
“I hopped on to an electric motorcycle in Kigali, Rwanda, and I was happy to see that the motorcycle taxi operator was a woman. It’s been a while since I got onto a motorcycle operated by a woman. I was very excited because getting one is like...
Nigeria is in crisis: Enough of politicians; where are the statesmen?
Daily Trust
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July 9, 2025
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will – Fred Douglass Murry Rothbard (1926-95) started his book ‘The Anatomy of the State” with a predictable quotation, “the greatest danger to the State is intellectual...
UAE reviews visa processs for Nigerians, bans transit applications
Daily Trust
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July 10, 2025
Stakeholders and operators in the downstream sector of the aviation industry expressed shock yesterday over the review of visa application requirements for visitors to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) city. The newly updated requirements...
Can Nuclear Energy Power Africa?
Forbes
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Dr. Lassina Zerbo discusses the innovations that may allow Africa to adopt nuclear energy amidst a ... More surge in energy demand across the continent.NEISA 2025 As countries around the world seek stable, abundant, and reliable baseload power,...
1st Congress of Ambassadors at MSU Held
Business Ghana
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On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
An Open Letter to the ECOWAS Chairman: On the Ongoing Repres...
Modern Ghana
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Your Excellency, Before I begin this letter, permit me a moment of mourning. Oh sons of courage, daughters of resistance — your names echo in the winds of Lomé. You rose not with guns, but with grit — not with hatred, but with hope. Now your blood...
Shaping Africa’s Future. Meet the 2025 African Genius Finalists
Modern Ghana
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After a rigorous judging process and months of anticipation, the African Genius Awards(AGA) proudly announces the 2025 finalists. This prestigious recognition, spearheaded by Plus 94 Research and adjudicated by an independent panel of experts,...
Moscow University Appoints African Students as Russia-Africa Ambassadors
News Ghana
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July 4, 2025
Lomonosov Moscow State University has named 11 African students as goodwill ambassadors for its Russia-Africa Club following a congress on June 29, 2025. The appointees from Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, DR Congo, Guinea, Chad, and Gabon were selected...
All 65 countries where it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ in 2025, including the UAE and Mali
Pink News
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July 9, 2025
How many countries is it still illegal to be gay in 2025? More than you’d think, probably. Since we last updated this list, Mali has criminalised LGBTQ+ activity and Trinidad and Tobago have re-criminalised it, although more positively, Namibia...
Ecobank Group And Google Cloud Announce Partnership To Accelerate Financial Inclusion And Innovation Across Africa
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) LOME, Togo, July 2, 2025/APO Group/ -- Ecobank ( ), a leading pan-African financial services group, and Google Cloud today announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at transforming financial services with...
Global Macro Landscape: Interest rates, inflation, geopolitical instability impact on African project finance
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 8, 2025
The global financial environment in 2025 presents a complex, unprecedented, and challenging landscape. Elevated interest rates in advanced economies like the US and Europe continue to ripple through emerging markets, making financing more...